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CHICKEN In a little country school house where the children used to go, There went a little red-haired boy by the name of Ragtime Joe. One day the teacher called on the class to spell a certain kind of bird, The kind of bird it was a chicken, and they could not spell that word. So the teacher called on Ragtime Joe to spell that word for them, He did not hesitate a bit, this is the way he began: C - that's the way to begin H - that's the next letter in I - that is the third C - time to season up the bird K - I'm fitting in E - getting near the end C-H-I-C-K-E-N That is the way to spell chicken. Parson Johnson gave a concert in the old school house one night, He hired a lot of fellers that could sing and could recite; When they pulled the curtain, everything went wrong Until - the children loudly called, "Let's hear from Ragtime Joe." He sang a ragtime jukin' tune, but it did not go so well, He said, "I went 'cross on that, so I guess I'll have to spell," Then he told the audience he had composed this chicken song And when he sang these words to them, he took the house by storm. [Chorus] Jeff Davis heard the song from his brother Hardin, who learned it from the "earl y 20th-century" country music performer "Uncle Dave" Macon. Kathy Kallick combined versions lear ned from the McGee Brothers, Red Clay Ramblers, and Jody Stecher. @country filename[ CHICKEN JO OCT99 |
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